U.S. journalists should be able to enter the country without fear of detention or intimidation. Please go on record and guarantee the safe passage of journalists who have exercised their rights under the First Amendment.

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Demand That Attorney General Holder Stop the Harassment of Journalists

U.S. journalists should be able to enter the country without fear of detention or intimidation.

But government authorities have been stopping journalists, whistleblowers and many other travelers on a regular basis, seizing their electronic devices and examining them without search warrants.

NPR's On the Media just reported that one of its journalists, Sarah Abdurrahman, was detained with her family at the U.S. border in Niagara Falls for six hours without explanation.1

Government officials have detained journalist and filmmaker Laura Poitras more than 40 times at U.S. borders. They’ve interrogated her, seized her laptops and cameras for weeks at a time and denied her access to a lawyer.2

It’s gotten so bad that actor and press freedom advocate John Cusack recently called on Holder to “guarantee the ... safe passage of journalists who have exercised their rights under the First Amendment."3

We're working with Cusack to put pressure on Holder but we need you to help us deliver a message the attorney general won’t be able to ignore.

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